Ypsilopus

Ypsilopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Angraecinae
Genus:	Ypsilopus Summerh.

Ypsilopus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae native to Africa.[1]

Species

1. Ypsilopus erectus (P.J.Cribb) P.J.Cribb & J.Stewart - Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
2. Ypsilopus leedalii P.J.Cribb - Tanzania
3. Ypsilopus liae Delep. & J.-P.Lebel - Rwanda
4. Ypsilopus longifolius (Kraenzl.) Summerh. - Tanzania, Kenya
5. Ypsilopus viridiflorus P.J.Cribb & J.Stewart - Tanzania
6. Ypsilopus zimbabweensis J.Farminhão & P.J.Cribb - Zimbabwe [2]

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Farminhão, João; Cribb, Phillip J. (2023). "A new Ypsilopus (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) from Zimbabwe and notes on the parallel evolution of extreme column exsertion in African angraecoids". Plant Ecology and Evolution. 156 (3): 374–382. doi:10.5091/plecevo.107313.